PhD Admission in IIM (Indian Institute of Management) 2023

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PhD Admission in IIM (Indian Institute of Management)

IIMs are considered India’s premier national institutes, providing quality management education and research. IIMs primarily offer postgraduate, doctoral, and executive education programmes. The flagship programme of IIMs is the two-year post-graduate programme. These two-year programmes are residential in nature. The Fellow Programme in Management ( FPM ) is a fulltime doctoral level programme in management and is equivalent to a Ph.D. programme. The Executive Post Graduate programmes are targeted at working professionals.

Eligibility for PhD Admission in IIM

One of the following qualifications is required as basic eligibility:

Master’s or Post Graduate Diploma (2 yrs) with at least 55% marks or equivalent CGPA.
Professional qualifications of CA, ICWA and CS with B Com/Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent.
B Tech/4 year Degree with 6.5 CGPA or equivalent

Qualifying Examination:

For PhD admission in IIM, you should have a valid test score of one of GMAT, GRE, CAT, GATE, JRF (NET), IIM Test, depending on the area of specialisation.

Selection:

Candidates will be short listed on the recommendation of respective areas based on their Profile and Qualifying Scores. Such candidates will be invited for a Personal Interview (and written tests for certain areas) at IIM.

Candidates will be admitted to the programme based on a combination of multiple parameters, as also specified by the respective areas. Parameters may include applicant’s performance in GMAT, GRE, CAT, GATE, JRF (NET) score, or IIM Test (as applicable), past academic performance, work experience, area specific test and/or interview performance etc.